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Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2007
The author discusses the issue of books in Egypt spreading the ideal of sedition. He questions why these books are permitted to be published, and stresses the damage that this causes to the principles of citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses the influential role that Pope Shenouda has played in the Coptic Orthodox Church. He refers to the pope as a “milestone” in Coptic Orthodox history, particularly when considering his role in furthering the church’s participation in the social infrastructure in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The author discusses the recent cases of Christians who converted to Islam and wish to re-convert to Christianity. He wonders at what point freedom of belief ends and discrimination begins.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The author discusses the “much-need” unified law for building houses of worship and the difficulties that it is facing in parliament. He highlights some human rights organization’s agenda for the law.
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses the need to draft a unified law to govern the construction of all houses of worship. He provides examples of draft laws that have previously been proposed, and the issues that they faced in parliament. Sidhom believes that with this draft law being successfully enforced,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on the recent Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections. He believes that the coverage of the election was mediocre, and that poor press coverage of events is helping to further distance the concept of citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The author discusses the recent constitutional amendments, and the concept of citizenship that has been stressed therein. He looks back in history on the skewed perceptions of citizenship which may have caused the threat posed to freedom and social peace in Egypt today. He further underlines the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
The author comments on the incidents which occurred in Bimhā, al-‘Ayyāṭ governorate. He stresses that it is high time to deal with the criminals in an adequate and just manner, and to cease differentiating between the “Coptic” victim and “Muslim” perpetrator, and instead regard them all as...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
The author considers the reactions to the incidents of sectarian sedition between Muslims and Christians in Bimhā, al-‘Ayyāṭ, in Giza governorate. He criticizes certain media outlets for not covering the story in its entirety, and the demands that were submitted following the incident which he...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
Before I temporarily quit discussing die question of the exclusion of Copts from leading posts, I would like to quote a pro found letter written by Mr. Nabil Adly—a colleague at Watani. He writes: ‘The exclusion of Copts from leading posts is an issue which concerns all of us. However, other...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.